Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Contents V
3. Preface VII
4. Acknowledgments IX
5. 1. Discourse and Ethnographic Research 1
6. 2. Overview: Severn Ojibwe and the People of Lynx Lake 19
7. 3. Technology and Talk: Technological Change and Emerging Speech Events in Lynx Lake 31
8. 4. Use of Multiple Codes: Code Switching, Language Levelling, and Language Attitudes 62
9. 5. (Can You Write Syllabics?): Literacy in Lynx Lake 89
10. 6. Intersection of Language and Music 103
11. 7. Church, Discourse, Church Discourse, and Discourse about the Church 128
12. 8. Telling Stories: First-Person Narrative in Severn Ojibwe 167
13. 9. When Humans Could Talk with Animals: Legend-Myth in Lynx Lake 186
14. 10. 'Work to Create the Future You Want' 208
15. Postscript 218
16. Appendix 1: Typological Overview of Severn Ojibwe 219
17. Appendix 2: Terms for Talk 223
18. Notes 225
19. References 233
20. Index 243